It is interesting that a latitudinal migrant would "turn around" only
a couple of weeks after the solstice.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=nw20080116154501246C485201
Spring comes early for Max the stork
January 16 2008 at 08:16PM
Geneva - Max the stork, currently the oldest animal being tracked by
satellite, is flying north after a remarkably short winter sojourn in
southern Spain, a natural history museum in Switzerland said Wednesday.
The female white stork - fitted with a tracking device since it left
its maternal nest in July 1999 - spent only 100 days in an area south
of Cordoba before leaving at the weekend, the museum in Fribourg city
said.
That compares to its previous shortest winter sojourn of 117 days, and
marked the first time that it has not wintered in Morocco, said
biologist Adrian Aebischer, who monitors Max's peregrinations.
It doubtlessly began its spring migration early on account of a
relatively mild winter, Aebischer explained.
On Wednesday, Max was near Alcazar de San Juan, about 250km northeast
of Cordoba, apparently taking its time en route to its summer nesting
spot in southwest Germany, to the north of Lake Constance.
Max's whereabouts can be found on the museum's website (www.fr.ch/mhn).
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